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EUEC 2008 CONFERENCE COVERAGE
ADA-ES
Interviewees
C. Jean Bustard, Chief Operating Officer
jeanb@adaes.com
Ph: 303-339-8843
Fax: 303-734-0330
Main: 303-734-1727
Cameron E. Martin, Vice President,
Emissions Controls Systems
camm@adaes.com
Ph: 303-339-8849
Fax: 303-962-1969
Main: 303-734-1727
Richard Miller, Vice President, Business
Development Utility Systems
richm@adaes.com
Ph: 610-760-1555
Fax: 610-760-2542
Cell: 610-417-5558
Tom Campbell, Manager, Field
Demonstrations
tomc@adaes.com
Ph: 303-339-8864
Fax: 303-734-0330
Cell: 303-981-7287
Main: 303-734-1727
Jean Bustard of ADA-ES says
that there are lots of variables which result in ACI costs
ranging from less than 0.5 mills/kWh to 3 mills/kWh. Rich
Miller of ADA-ES says that a hedge against a surge
in carbon prices is TOXECON.
Barron Industries
Interviewees
Allen L. Ray, Regional Sales Manager
aray@processbarron.com
Ph: 205-663-5330
Fax: 205-663-6037
Cell: 205-999-2732
Marve Breeding, Partner, District
Manager
mbreeding@processbarron.com
Ph: 205-624-1935
Fax: 205-663-6037
Cell: 205-915-4780
Main: 205-663-5330
Barron is far more than a fan
rebuilder. According to Marve Breeding and Allen Ray, they
provide new fans, dampers and make their own expansion joints.
Black
& Veatch
Interviewee
Sam Scupham, P.E. (Licensed in Kansas),
Energy Consultant
scuphamsk@bv.com
Ph: 913-458-7959
Fax: 913-458-2934
Costs of CO2 capture are heavily
dependent on a number of factors including capital cost.
Burns
& Roe Enterprises, Inc.
Interviewee
Sunil Dave, Director, Air Quality
Control Systems Power Consulting Division
sdave@roe.com
Ph: 201-986-2785
Fax: 201-986-4302
Cell: 630-414-2819
Sunil Dave of Burns & ROE
updated us on the latest pricing of FGD and SCR systems. Wet
FGD costs in excess of $300/kW and SCR costs in excess of
$150/kW are what utilities are paying for installed systems.
C
Trade
Interviewee
Dr. Prabhu Dayal, P.E., Chief Executive
pdayal@ctrade.org
Ph: 520-615-3535
Fax: 602-296-0199
EUEC is outgrowing Tucson and will be in
the Phoenix Convention Center in 2009. All the exhibitors will
be participating again next year.
Calgon
Carbon Corporation
Interviewees
Neal Grindheim, CHMM, REA, Technical
Sales Representative
ngrindheim@calgoncarbon-us.com
Ph: 925-698-1746
Fax: 925-964-0083
Cell: 925-698-1746
Bill Zinsser, Director of Business
Development
WZinsser@calgoncarbon-us.com
Ph: 412-787-4510
Fax: 412-787-6676
Cell: 412-535-1531
Calgon is prepared to make as much
activated carbon as the industry wants but need the commitments
to make it happen. Utilities should consider long term contracts
for most of their demand.
CH2M
Hill
Interviewee
Robert L. Pearson, Ph.D., P.E., Vice
President
robert.pearson@ch2m.com
Ph: 720-286-5056
Fax: 720-286-9911
Main: 303-771-0900
Permitted 5,000 MW of coal-fired power
plants in recent years. The company has never failed to obtain
a permit. The secret is to give the agency everything they need
to make the decision.
CH2M
Hill
Interviewee
Doug Huxley, P.E., Practice Director,
Greenhouse Gas Management;
Principal Technologist
Doug.Huxley@ch2m.com
Ph: 720-286-5503
Fax: 720-286-9717
Main: 303-771-0900
Packaging comprehensive services in
greenhouse gas management from assessment through trading
strategies.
Chemical Lime
Interviewee
James C. Dickerman, New Business
Development Director Flue Gas Treatment Solutions
jim.dickerman@chemicallime.com
Ph: 949-494-4168
Fax: 949-494-4169
Cell: 512-423-8290
Toll Free: 1-877-511-LIME (5463)
Jim Dickerman of Chemical Lime
discussed SO3 removal with lime and the advantages of
wet lime FGD systems in minimizing capital cost.
Control Analytics, Inc.
Interviewee
C. Greg Banchiere, President
greg.b@controlanalytics.com
Ph: 724-837-8800
Fax: 724-837-3418
Cell: 412-889-9822
Originally formed as a distributor, the
company has grown to a regional supplier of instruments and also
integrating systems. Thirty mercury Appendix K and 23 mercury
CEMS systems are being supplied. Most of the Appendix K systems
are being supplied as backup systems. Some are being used for
primary compliance by utilities worried about the reliability of
CEMS systems.
Corning
Interviewee
Giselle Sherman, Commercial Manager
shermanga@corning.com
Ph: 607-974-8989
Fax: 607-248-1275
Corning has developed a carbon extruded
honeycomb with imbedded catalyst for mercury capture which does
not contaminate the flyash and can be installed after the dust
collection device. It will achieve 90 percent removal.
Catalyst life is targeted for 12 months. The 2008 target is to
complete a 1-MW field demonstration.
EERC –
Energy & Environmental Research Center
Interviewee
Chris L. Martin, Research Engineer
cmartin@undeerc.org
Ph: 701-777-5083
Field test of TOXECON at Big Brown revealed
that plugged hoppers resulted in smoldering carbon. Follow up on
modeling of the hopper geometry will help utilities avoid this
problem in the future.
Environmental Power Corporation
Interviewee
Mark Hall, Senior Vice President
mhall@environmentalpower.com
Ph: 630-573-2926
Cell: 630-292-3914
GE
Energy
Interviewee
Harry Hanson, Regional Manager
harry.hanson@ge.com
Ph: 630-530-6657
Fax: 630-530-6630
Cell: 630-561-5231
Mostardi Platt and EER
were acquisitions boosting the GE ability to provide stack
testing and consulting. Testing of HAPS for ethanol plants has
been big business for the group.
Graymont Ltd.
Interviewee
Carl A. Gilbert, Executive Vice
President
cgilbert@graymont.com
Ph: 412-551-0916
Fax: 412-487-2994
Carl is managing mergers and acquisitions.
Cutler-Magner was recently acquired with a lime kiln producing
600,000 tons per year in Minnesota.
Landtec
Interviewee
Travis Tooley,
ttooley@ces-landtec.com
Ph: 909-783-3636
Fax: 909-825-0591
Well heads are provided along with portable
and stationary instruments for methane measurement along with
flow, temperature and other parameters needed for carbon
credits.
MAC
Instruments
Interviewee
Jim Weit, Sales
jim@macinstruments.com
Ph: 419-621-2322
Fax: 419-621-2321
Instrumentation that measures water vapor
content of flue gas. Continuous measuring instruments are used
in many CEMS systems. Portable instruments are also available.
Microgy, Inc.
Interviewee
Norman J. Sendler, Jr.
nsendler@microgy.com
Cell: 480-250-6194
An anaerobic digester from
Environmental Power Corp. makes gas which can be used
for Microgy’s 9-MW power plants. The biogas has typically less
than one percent H2S. It is scrubbed to eliminate
the pollutants and can be used in natural gas pipelines.
Midwesco
Interviewees
Tom Anderson, V.P. Pleated Products
andersont@midwescofilter.com
Ph: 800-805-5694
Fax: 503-977-0176
Darlene Lowman, Marketing Communications
Manager
Darlene.Lowman@midwescofilter.com
Ph: 540-504-8096
Fax: 540-667-9074
G. Keith Ogilvie, Jr., Sr. Vice
President
ogilviek@midwescofilter.com
Ph: 540-504-8065
Fax: 540-667-9074
Cell: 540-664-6799
Pleated bags and more efficient pulsing
systems were two technologies described by Darlene Lowman, Tom
Anderson and Keith Ogilvie. Midwesco provides
service and engineering, as well as bags and parts.
Mississippi Lime
Interviewees
Eric Van Rens, Sales
ecvanrens@mississippilime.com
Ph: 314-960-0110
Fax: 314-960-6565
Curtis Biehn, Technical Sales & Service
Engineer
crbiehn@mississippilime.com
Ph: 314-960-0110
Fax: 314-543-6309
Cell: 618-803-9055
At the Mississippi Lime
stand, Eric Van Rens cited the advantages of hydrated lime for
both SO2 and SO3 removal. With multiple
facilities and rail transport, hydrated lime can be supplied
throughout the U.S.
Nalco-Mobotec
Interviewees
Jamie Fessenden, Account Manager
jfessenden@mobotecusa.com
Ph: 925-935-2500 ext. 17
Fax: 925-935-2583
Cell: 925-766-5790
Edwin E. Haddad, V.P. Sales
ehaddad@mobotecusa.com
Ph: 561-656-2389
Fax: 561-656-2389
Cell: 508-872-1610
John Ralston, Director
jralstonjnr@earthlink.net
Ph: 423-367-6504
Fax: 423-288-8952
Electromagnetic separation of mercury from
the flyash is one project underway. The main business is NOx,
SOx and mercury reduction for CFBs and other boilers
using ROFA. With the CFBs, the limestone utilization is greatly
improved. China is presently a big opportunity.
Nebraska Public Power District
Interviewee
Justin W. King, R.E.M., Environmental
Technician
jwking@nppd.com
Ph: 402-563-5088
Fax: 402-563-5168
Cell: 402-750-1117
NPPD is installing mercury monitors and is
replacing NOx and SOx CEMS. Mercury
control technology will be required. The infrastructure will be
installed by year end. Because of regional haze, it will be
desirable to reduce several pollutants and not just mercury.
NeuCo
Interviewee
Steve Piche, Director of Research and
Development
info@neuco.net
Ph: 617-587-3100
Fax: 617-262-4186
Interviewee
Jennifer Hutchings, Vice President
Marketing
hutchings@neuco.net
Ph: 617-587-3160
Fax: 617-262-4186
Neural network combustion optimization is
combined with model predictive control with the acquisition of
Pegasus. At Limestone, NeuCo installed a system with coal analysis, coal flow sensors,
laser system for reading CO, and NOx in the firing
zone. Four mercury CEMS are installed so that information can be
acquired on the collection efficiency of the precipitator and
FGD.
Ninyo
& Moore
Interviewee
R. Scott Kurtz, Director, Environmental
Sciences
skurtz@ninyoandmoore.com
Ph: 949-753-7070
Fax: 949-753-7071
Air quality permitting, including
monitoring and reporting, are among the consulting services
provided.
O’Brien & Gere
Interviewee
Keith C. Day, Regional Marketing
Director
daykc@wildblue.net
Ph: 315-437-6100
Fax: 315-463-7554
Cell: 518-796-9657
H: 607-656-8326
Fax: 607-656-9818
Multi-pollutant control is accomplished
with duct injection systems. Nol-tec has
partnered to provide the conveyance systems. AES
Somerset just started up one system. Several systems are in the
design phase. The blue SO3 plume at Somerset has
been eliminated with sorbent injection. By milling Trona to
smaller particle size the quantity can be reduced.
Ozone
Transport Commission
Interviewee
Doug Austin
OTC is revisiting its multi-pollution
position. A multi-pollutant work group, including most of the
North Eastern States, will be looking and NOx and SOx
caps to be unveiled in New Jersey at a meeting in June.
P S
Analytical
Interviewee
James R. Coates, Product Specialist
jrc@psanalytical.com
Ph: 954-429-1577
Fax: 954-429-1601
Laboratory mercury analyzer and mercury
CEMS are supplied using the fluorescence method which is claimed
to be easier to maintain, and is more accurate and sensitive.
Phenix
Limited, LLC
Interviewee
Keith Moore, President
phenixlc@adelphia.net
Ph: 805-551-0983
Fax: 805-985-5560
A coal gasifier substituted for the stoker
burner reduces the SO2 and NOx in a
commercial project in Illinois. Limestone is added to capture
the sulfur in the front end. Efficiency is improved by 15
percent.
Reagent Technology Services
Interviewee
Thomas E. Siedhoff, General Manager
tesiedhoff@mississippilime.com
Ph: 314-971-4046
Fax: 314-543-6564
Cell: 573-883-4046
Tom Siedhoff, Reagent Technology
Services, points out that dry grinding consumes less
energy. Regional grinding is an
economical opportunity for wet limestone FGD
operators.
Shaw
Environmental & Infrastructure
Interviewees
Rocky Moser, Client Program Manager
rocky.moser@shawgrp.com
Ph: 865-692-2513
Fax: 865-531-9014
Cell: 865-621-9673
David L. Evans, Vice President &
Operations Director National Air Measurements Group
dave.l.evans@shawgrp.com
Ph: 865-692-2510
Fax: 865-531-9014
Cell: 609-413-6600
Michael Long, Client Program Manager
michael.long@shawgrp.com
Ph: 865-692-2524
Fax: 865-531-9014
Cell: 865-765-3456
Shaw has supplied large numbers of mercury
CEMS and is helping customers start and then operate these
systems, to meet not only the EPA regulations but the more
demanding accuracy required by the financial community. Shaw is
also helping customers with their greenhouse gas assessments.
Sick/Maihak
Interviewees
Phil Zyskowski, Regional Sales Manager
phillip.zyskowski@sickmaihak.com
Ph: 847-818-1827
Fax: 847-818-3877
Cell: 847-736-9556
Randy Young, Manager of Operations
randy.young@sickmaihak.com
Ph: 281-436-5101
Fax: 281-436-5157
Cell: 205-215-2173
Dan Kietzer, Regional Sales Manager
dan.kietzer@sickmaihak.com
Ph: 952-829-4889
Fax: 952-941-9287
Cell: 612-845-2982
Scattered light technology for particulate
measurement is accurate, even at low levels, and can be used on
wet stacks by heating the sample prior to measurement which is
used in power plants in the Midwest.
Stanley Consultants, Inc.
Interviewees
Chad J. Daniel, Senior Environmental
Scientist
danielchad@stanleygroup.com
Ph: 515-323-6631
Fax: 515-246-8617
Cell: 515-490-7286
Jason E. Smith, Mechanical Engineer
smithjason@stanleygroup.com
Ph: 303-799-6806
Fax: 303-799-8107
Environmental assessments, consulting and
engineering are provided to the power industry through a number
of offices.
Sulzer
Interviewee
Mike Moxley, Product Manager, MRT
mike.moxley@sulzer.com
Ph: 918-445-6614
Fax: 918-445-6670
Cell: 918-607-6733
Main: 918-446-6672
Sulzer Mixer assures that ammonia is evenly
distributed in the gas stream.
Tyco
Environmental Systems
Interviewee
Gary Cacciatore, Manager of
Environmental Monitoring
gcacciatore@goyen.com
Ph: 714-538-7212
Fax: 714-908-4895
Cell: 714-235-4059
Tyco
Environmental Systems
Interviewee
David Gager, Service Manager,
Environmental Monitoring
dgager@goyen.com
Ph: 330-874-9524
Fax: 330-874-3941
Cell: 330-417-2698
Opacity and modular CEM systems including
landfill applications in Chile. Custom rack and stack systems
are also available with a variety of instruments. Service
extends to competitor systems.
United
Sciences Testing, Inc.
Interviewees
J. Michael Brown, General Manager
jmbrown@aep.com
Ph: 724-778-6950
Cell: 724-544-0824
Fax: 724-778-6959
Main: 724-778-6950
Mike Ray, Marketing/Customer Service
Coordinator
mlray@aep.com
Ph: 724-778-6934
Cell: 412-216-3314
Fax: 724-778-6959
Main: 724-778-6950
Automated flow rata technology provides
more accurate flow measurement and this can translate into lower
reported emissions.
Vosteen Consulting
Interviewee
Bernhard Vosteen, Prof. Dr.-Ing.
Ph: 49-221-680-098-22
Fax: 49-221-680-098-24
Bromine can be added with the coal to
greatly enhance mercury capture. With no SCR, it takes a ration
of 500 parts bromine to one part mercury. But only a ratio of
50 to 1 is required if a SCR is incorporated.
Winrock International
Interviewee
John Kunz, Program Associate, ERT
jkunz@winrock.org
Ph: 703-525-9430 ext. 625
Fax: 703-525-1744
At the Winrock booth, Jason Weisz of
GreenVest, which owns wind turbine and biodiesel plants,
participated as we listened to John Kunz explain the GHG
registry with verified emission reduction of 18.5 million tons
on the registry for trade.
GreenVest Technologies
Interviewee
Jason Weisz, President and CEO
weisz@greenvest.net
Ph: 917-770-5108
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